114th Paris-Roubaix - UCI World Tour (10/4-2016)

[ILovecycling]

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Best Roubaix I've ever seen.

This.

And we really have to take it seriously when Eshnar says thing like that

 

[jsem94]

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Boonen is the moral winner.

Nope.

 

[Billie]

Boonen should come back for one more go next year

Well he's not retiring so he probably will...

Let's hope not; I wouldn't even be too surprised if Canc decided to give it another shot.

Hayman is 3 years older so Tom will definatly should come back next season

 

[DNP-Old]

One of the best races I've ever seen!!

 

[elfed68]

Chapeau to Boonen for driving the race from the front.
Congrats to Mathew Hayman.

 

[DFA123]

Boonen should come back for one more go next year

Well he's not retiring so he probably will...

Let's hope not; I wouldn't even be too surprised if Canc decided to give it another shot.

Hayman is 3 years older so Tom will definatly should come back next season

It was an incredible ride; I didn't think he still had it in him. He must have spent 50km+ on the front throughout the day.

 

[Billie]

Lol Fabian tumble

 

[42x16ss]

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Boonen is the moral winner.

How? Hayman was in the break for around 200kms and even attacked with 80kms to go to thin out the break. 2nd or 3rd strongest at worst. Just chasing back on over the Carrefour de l'Abre was huge.

 

[GuyIncognito]

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Boonen is the moral winner.

How? Hayman was in the break for around 200kms and even attacked with 80kms to go to thin out the break. 2nd or 3rd strongest at worst. Just chasing back on over the Carrefour de l'Abre was huge.

"I made the breakway, but I only went once, so I saved my legs all day” -Hayman

I don't subscribe to the 'moral winner' crap, Hayman is the only winner. But there's no doubt he had the far easier ride

 

[trevim]

Hayman and Boonen chatting just like they're at the end of a sunday ride

 

[RedheadDane]

So... What were the odds of Hayman winning?

 

[rick james]

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Boonen is the moral winner.

what????

 

[Scarponi]

Matty white is saying haymen has two days of racing last six weeks after broken arm. Holy crap

 

[Climbing]

I think I would feel less tired racing than watching this... I'll get a nap!

 

[red_flanders]

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Watching Canc finish was so sad

Less sad than watching him tumble with the giant Swiss flag...

 

[Brullnux]

6:18 to 20th place. Biggest gap since 2010 when Cancellara went full ***.

 

[andysho]

Well, that finale was pretty great. Bummed for Tommeke. The only downside of the race was Slovak commentators hyping Sagan long after it was obvious that his and Cancellaras group is not comming back to the leaders.

 

[TMP402]

Amusing to think old geezers like Hayman and Erviti are the breakout stars of 2016.

 

[Libertine Seguros]

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Did Eurosport just cut to the break during cancelleras lap my god

Not at my end :s

I agree with PremierAndrew watching Canc waving goodbye to the velodrome was a sad end to a great career. And I didn't even like the guy.

 

[StephenC2020]

Wow, that was a phenomenal race, best I've ever seen. I'm so glad that we got to see all of it!!!

Hayman a worthy winner, as any of the others in top 5 would would have been.

Sad to see Cancellara go down like that though

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

Unreal race. I cannot process it. Easily the best Roubaix I ever watched. That counter attack by Hayman was insane

 

[JRanton]

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maybe sky is kicking themself. Their ex member win the monument. What a ride by hayman.

Meh, he's Australian like Gerrans so it made sense for him to join Orica.

I almost have the feeling that Stannard should have waited for the sprint rather than try those two attacks. He was really strong after the last cobbled section.

 

[GuyIncognito]

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So... What were the odds of Hayman winning?

With 170kms to go, whoever was commenting with Sean Kelly quipped that Hayman was at 700 or 800 to 1 or so, and essentially called the bookmakers morons for it.

 

[Lupi33x]

well, last year's was pretty good, this one might have topped it because JD was always going to win that 2015 sprint

 

[Arredondo]

All the cobble classics were just superb.

Roubaix the best of them all, but also Flanders, GW and E3 were splendid!